Great Cheap Things To Keep The Kids Quiet at Easter Hunt

anitainjune

If you live in West Yorkshire, Kirklees museums are all free and run free activities throughout the holiday. Red House has an Easter Trail, Oakwell Hall is in a country park with lots to do and both near each other so you can do both. you can check out the others on Kirklees web site or find out from any of the museums.. Hope you enjoy.regards Anita

borderterribles

Give them boiled eggs and soldiers for breakfast - salves your conscience for buying them chocolate, close the curtains or shut them in a cupboard whilst you trot round the garden hiding their eggs (remember to stick their initials on each so the fastest child doesn't grab them all). To make it a longer game, you can also number each of their eggs (e.g. RG1, RG2 etc) and they must bring them back to you in order, returning with each one, one at a time.

When you have completed your preparations (make sure you haven't put any in bushes near birds' nests), you can then release the little darlings - having carefully explained the rules of course.

At least they will get some fresh air and exercise before gorging!

P.S. don't think they are too old, my sixteen year old still happily joins in, admittedly slightly embarassed and gives most of his chocolate to his mum so HE doesn't get spots!

full-time-mum

Seesaw wrote:

The best £2 I have ever spent- this is a huge old quarry site which has been transformed into the best adventure playground ever - there is a huge childrens area, then after a short walk you come across various other pieces of equipment like zip-slide etc. There is also an adults assault course which we didn't reach because we ran out of time.

Bring a picnic - there are no catering facilites on site (although there are toilets). Also wellies and a change of clothes as they have a small stream running through the park which the children are encouraged to play in - with stepping stones, thick mud puddles etc.

We stayed 5 hours and paid £2 for parking (on the way out). Around 3/4 hour from MK.

I'll second this suggestion, although I would add a word of caution to parents of younger children...

The site is very open and the play area is next to a lake with NO barrier of any kind in between. Don't expect to go with younger (Pre-/Infant/lower junior school) children and sit with your feet up as you will need to be watching them every second of the time. However, don't let this put you off going as it is still a fantastic place and it is one of the few places that you can take a wide age range of children and they will all be catered for.

full-time-mum

Anyone got any suggestions for this area?

We're going this way Easter weekend and I will be at a loose end with 2 children on Saturday afternoon (Football Widow). I may or may not be mobile so I am probably looking for something that I can be dropped off at for the whole afternoon. (say 1:30 - 6:00)

manpower_2

Holidays here again so i checked my favourite website https://www.kidzango.com and see they have revamped their site and now include so much more - didn't think it could get any better.

Anyway, just been to Go Ape in Suffolk had a really wicked day climbing ropes etc and the kids loved it, highly recommended day out indeed.

midge

try your local early learning centre they always have loads of toys out to play with and most have an activity morning,loads of fun and some great ideas for taking home,my kids started making easter bonnets with the staff in mine and took them home with some free stuff they gave us.
also the trafford center has loads of free activities over the holidays, shows and competitions, i have four kids and they all love it there, free entertainment,free parking and its warm and dry,who could ask for anything more?

janh_2

Check out the events listings for your area at https://www.primarytimes.net/

Not all areas are covered, and the volume of listings varies wildly from area to area, but worth a look anyway.

Sarahsaver

Leicester has activities in the New Walk museum for £1, there is an easter bonnet contest in the market place at 10.45 on saturday and entrants get a free easter egg!
I am using my pinecone research vouchers to take the kids out to (free) lunch, and as the sun is shining I got some seeds and pots from poundland and will grow some things.
This week so far we have made cornflake cakes, been to the museum, been to mc d's (ewww) because i had some vouchers for a free meal, and are off to the theatre today.The Leicester Mercury has vouchers for free or reduced entry into loads of places. I am a member of a fitness first gym which does free dvd rentals for members, and free copies of the Mail which often has vouchers in it.
Kids often enjoy the free stuff best;)
Last weekend I took dd and ds2 to the park in their wellies and let them go in big squelchy puddles of mud. Absolutely priceless, especially when I had to pull them out and their boots were still stuck in the mud:)

Curlyvirgo

Raf Cosford - the only thing you pay for is the flight simulator (2.50) or if you wish to purchase anything from the souvenir/ coffee shop. There is plenty of space to picnic with your own food.A couple of large hangars will shelter you from our unpredictable weather, if need be.There are exhibits indoors and out - one plane allegedly being haunted!! The staff are enthusiastic and extremely helpful and are particularly good with young people. There is an area that will keep the children (and adults) occupied for ages called Fun & Flight. I've been four times in the last 6 months with children I worked with who were not attending school.They went from arguing that "we ain'tgoing there" to announcing " can we go there again"?! Hence the repeat visits. Great photo opportunities too.Ace.

tigsowner

Our local cinema (Odeon) has kids shows on Sat and Sun mornings, about 10am. This week's advert says "1 adult free for each paying child" so I can take my daughter to see Geryfriar's Bobby for £3.

Most kids films end up there eventually and I can usually manage to make her wait for the ones I really don't want to see!

Not quite as good as Rochester, I know.